Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg DOI 10.1007/s00068-015-0517-9

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The outcomes of the elderly in acute care general surgery E. St‑Louis1 · M. Sudarshan1 · M. Al‑Habboubi1 · M. El‑Husseini Hassan1 · D. L. Deckelbaum1 · T. S. Razek1 · L. S. Feldman1 · K. Khwaja1 

Received: 13 December 2014 / Accepted: 11 March 2015 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

Abstract  Introduction  Elderly patients form a growing subset of the acute care surgery (ACS) population. Older age may be associated with poorer outcomes for some elective procedures, but there are few studies focusing on outcomes for the elderly ACS population. Our objective is to characterize differences in mortality and morbidity for acute care surgery patients >80 years old. Methods  A retrospective review of all ACS admissions at a large teaching hospital over 1 year was conducted. Patients were classified into non-elderly (

The outcomes of the elderly in acute care general surgery.

Elderly patients form a growing subset of the acute care surgery (ACS) population. Older age may be associated with poorer outcomes for some elective ...
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